Firearm.



H. D. AFPS & L. S. LOW.

FIREARM. APPLICAION HLED APR. Il. 1916- RENEWED DEC. l

Patented Feb. 6, 191?.

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filed April il, i916, Serial No. 90,499.

ur'wm muy concern:

lrnevn that We, HARLEY D. Ares i. 'lios-Ji, citizens ot the United Jolph, in the county ot l of Michigan, have in' new and useful irnproif'e-v s; and we do herehy deine' to he e full, clear, an 'ci o the invention, such as 1ers skilled in the art to which zo malte and use the same.

' relates to new. and useful iireerms and our object is ce of this class wherein the barrel of* the plosion of coininingled air explosive material.

eet is to provide means for ing projectile into the bar jectis to provide a compresi a controlling valve there- "Aurther object isto provide e Waeround the herrel and compresher 'Sor cooling purposes.

l "ts sind advantages will he heres vtoi-tr. and more particularly out in the accompanying specificeaccompanying drawings which are- "de zi part ot this application,

iig/'ure l a central'longitudinal sectional View through the lirearin, enc

' ff is an enlarged transverse sectional n en line @#2 of Fig. 1. ig to the drawings in which siminuinerels designate correthroughout the several s the barrel of the iirearm reef; he constructed in the'usual or erred manner, said barrel terminatone end in e compression chamber 2 c iai-rei being separated Jfrom the coin- `ession chamber by means of a rotating said valve having a channel 4 ough which the explosive substance is s uscharged into the barrelwhen turned in one direction and a solid portion 5 which closes communie tion between the barrel and eoinpression inher when turned a ein position, said valve be manu or automatically rotatedin any suitable manner., j

Surrounding the barrel and compression is e cesing which orms e. Water v mm Speeceton of Letters Patent.

'the channel 4 registers with the valve is Renewed Eecember i, 23e,

around the compression keeping the barrel and compress ber in a cooi 'statewhen in use. The projectiles 8 are deposi per 9 and may he either as desired, seid hopper losing mounted upon a projection i erally from the barrel l.. having a slot l1 therethromounted e slide oloclr l2, sa, having e vertical here i3 jectiles descend *from ii length oi the slide block is sud thereof projects e distance he oi the slot ll whereby presnie plied thereagainst for movin lengthwise, and when hloci. full dista-nce in one direction will register with the op inf" end of the hopper and ruth l the barrel l when moved the opposite direction and vi ter position the projectile the barrel imm-edietely valve 3. i r)The propelling,l orcs preferably p L ,i consists or properi' air and gesolene althougi explosive substance niav o and explosive substance heilig the compression chamber Q th 14e. After a proper amount of the' substance has been discharged pression chamber it is erzpiooP-'l hy an electric spark through a spe y 01' in any other manner and coincid the explosion of the gases 'iv h" li ression chamber the valve the barrel and compression c by delivering the force oi directly-against the projectiie d ing the same from the of the be reat forcer The interior of the compressie is drained through e drain fr the Writer jacket is drs-ined cock i7.

rihis form of firearm fired end hy providing i parts of .the irenrrn 'wi state so that the explosion o in Will not eiiiect theifpur compreion chernher.

it will 'further seen can i I i tically 1'ndestructible from use.

ployment of gases for discharging the projectile a greater number of shots may be tired at a Vmuch less' expense. than when powder is used and that the handling of the firearm will be greatly simplified and much more convenient. fr

It 'will likewise be seen that this device can be very cheaply constructed and is prac- Havlng thus fully described our invention what weclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s:-

l. In a firearm, the combination with a barrel, of a projection extending laterally from the barrel, said projection having a longitudinally extending slot therethrough, a slide block mounted in said slot, said slide block having a vertical bore, and a projectile containing hopper positioned on said extension and at one side of the barrel,

said hopper having an opening communi! eating with the bore in the slide block,

whereby when the slide block ismoved olitwardly a projectile will descend Lin said bore and be deposited in said barrel when .the slide block is moved inwardly.

2. 'In a firearm, the combination with a barrel, of a projection extending laterally from the barrel, said projection having a longitudinally extending' slot therethrough intersecting the bore of the barrel, a frusto conical hopper carried by that portion of the projection beyond the barrel, said hopper being adapted to contain projectiles, a slide block having a vertical bore therein adapted to receive a. projectile from the hop` per, and convey the' same into the said han rel when the slide block is moved inwardly.

AIn testimony whereof We have two subscribing witnesses.

' HARLEY D. APPS. y LEVVS S. LOW.

`Witnesses: Y JOHN W. Mommers, ,MARK JENEMA.

signed our v names to this specification in the presence of 

